Wheelchair-bound woman rescued from blaze

Friday

Apr 25, 2008 at 12:01 AMApr 25, 2008 at 3:48 AM

An elderly woman in a wheelchair was rescued from her burning South Weymouth home Thursday afternoon. A letter carrier, George Kutska, along with a neighbor, a police officer and Keyspan workers teamed up to carry Barbara Mariano safely outside as flames spread through her single-family home at 634 Union St. just after 1:30 p.m.

Tom Gorman

An elderly woman in a wheelchair was rescued from her burning South Weymouth home Thursday afternoon. A letter carrier, George Kutska, along with a neighbor, a police officer and Keyspan workers teamed up to carry Barbara Mariano safely outside as flames spread through her single-family home at 634 Union St. just after 1:30 p.m.

Mariano’s daughter, and 1 1/2-year-old granddaughter were also in the house at the time and the fire and were also led to safety.

No one was hurt.

The two-alarm blaze started outside on a porch and quickly spread into the dwelling.